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| West Holywell | West Holywell | Hugh Taylor Esqr | About 20 Chains N | The name is given to a number of | ||
| West Holywell | Thomas John Taylor Esqr | of Backworth Quarry | Pitmen’s houses which Comprise | |||
| West Holywell | Revd R. E. Mason | the hamlet in Whellan’s directory this | ||||
| is called (West Holywell Colliery) but Hugh Taylor Esqr | ||||||
| & his brother T.J. Taylor Esqr assured me that | ||||||
| West Holywell was sufficient to be written to the hamlet | ||||||
| They are the Proprietors- | ||||||
| { The name is given to that portion of West | ||||||
| {Holywell that formed the 3 sides of a square | ||||||
| {They were built by the Owners of the Colliery the | ||||||
| {Messrs Taylor & are inhabited by their workmen | ||||||
| East Holywell | East Holywell | Hugh Taylor Esqr | About 30 Chains N. | The name is given to a hamlet the inhabitants are Comprised | ||
| East Holywell | Thomas John Taylor Esqr | W. of Earsdon Colliery | exclusively of Colliers in the employ of Taylor | |||
| East Holywell | Revd R. E. Mason | (Church Pit) | & Company. There is a Colliery situated in | |||
| On sheet 81, Plan 14 | the hamlet which is called by the name of the | |||||
| Hamlet. |
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| Brierdean Burn | Brierdean Burn | Hugh Taylor Esqr | About 25 Chains | A good Stream so named from | ||
| Brierdean Burn | Thomas John Taylor Esqr | N. of Earsdon Colliery | its running through | |||
| Brierdean Burn | Revd R. E. Mason | (Church Pit) | ||||
| Brierdean Burn | Award Plan | It empties itself into the German Ocean | ||||
| Brierdean Burn | Estate Plan | |||||
| Thomas Jordan |
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Transcribed by CTW and PW
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